American Standard Version
"Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? "
— James 3:11, American Standard Version
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
“Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?”
“A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?”
“Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?”
“Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?”
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?
can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.